Evzones
Evzoni

The 5/42 Evzones Regiment held out for three days, but was then forced to retreat.

Each battalion includes a company of native Greek sharpshooters or Evzones.

The emblem depicts a tsarouhi, the traditional footwear of the Evzones, and a bayonet.

During his retirement, he would still wear the traditional uniform nowadays worn only by the evzones (Presidential Guards).

The French quickly blocked another landing attempted on the same day by a Greek contingent of Evzones.

In Erikli the Greeks had stationed two companies of an Evzones battalion.

This is the costume worn by the modern Greek Evzones, the Presidential Guard.

Although the police informed the Evzones of the imminent threat, the Guards refused to leave their posts and remained on guard while the bomb exploded.

Although the specific sector suffered constant attacks by the Bulgarian Army, the Evzones managed to repel them.

The regiment also served in Greece, capturing the standard of the 1st regiment of Evzones.

On the Bulgarian right Evzones captured Gevgelija and the heights of Matsikovo.

At first, it was only issued to the native light infantry battalions, but its popularity led to its adoption as the official uniform of the Evzones in 1867.

The barracks of the Evzones of the Presidential Guard are the only buildings on the western (National Garden) side of the street.

Greece: Evzones Regiments (historical), Mountain Raiding Companies (modern)

The name was applied for a short time to the Royal Evzones Guard (now the Presidential Guard), following its establishment in December 1868.

It fielded the bulk of the Greek forces: seven infantry divisions, a cavalry regiment and four independent Evzones light mountain infantry battalions, roughly 100,000 men.

On Sundays and official holidays, the ceremonial changing of the guard occurs with an army band and the majority of the 120 Evzones present at 11 am.

People don't shoo them away, not even when they nose around the outdoor tables at tavernas or snooze near Parliament, around the feet of the pompom-shod evzones.

Since the regiments were distinctive, elite units, they had dual numbers - the first, numbering them in the Evzones hierarchy, the second, in the overall infantry hierarchy.

Additionally, a Greek Evzones company, disembarking a torpedo boat, went ashore in Urla and started to occupy Urla.

The Evzones battalions were also formed at the time, and acquired a uniform very similar to the one still used today as the ceremonial dress of the Presidential Guard.

After that, he travels through the Corinth Canal to Athens, where he sees the world-renowned evzones, and meets a die-hard Python fan.

The Evzones of the regiment, after being informed about the topography of the region by locals, performed a charge with fixed bayonets from various positions against the Italian garrison.

The Greek Army Evzones (presidential) Guard still uses M1s, and it was used as a training rifle in the Greek army even in the late 1990s.

Though the Presidential Guard is a predominantly ceremonial unit, all Evzones are volunteers drawn from the Hellenic Army's Infantry, Artillery and Armoured Corps.

In 1927, the Renaming Committee renamed Matsikovo as Evzoni.

Furthermore the section between Thessaloniki - Evzoni, is yet to be converted into motorway; and is in planning to happen some time in the future.

Lines of traffic miles long built up on both sides of the border crossing at Djevdjelija in Yugoslavia and Evzoni in Greece.

Georgios Vegyris, Georgios Didaskalou and Christos Doitsinis from village Evzoni organised troops against Bulgarians.

After the First Balkan War, Grčište came under Serbian control, and Sionidis moved to the village Matsikovo (modern Evzoni), on the then Greco-Serbian border.

It is remarkable that in the villages Evzoni and Korona, people used to speak a Vlach-Slavic dialect with a great amount of ancient Greek components, called Megleno-Romanian.

(PAThE Motorway): The highway that connects the capital Athens with the second biggest city Thessaloniki and the MK border at Evzoni.

The General Staff of the Greek Army in spite of Lazaros fatigue, asked him to guide safely a regiment of evzoni, under Major Georgios Iatridis to the village of Agios Germanos.